Curriculum Vitae: Moses Tarakinyu 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • FIRST NAMES / SURNAME: Moses Tarakinyu
  • DATE OF BIRTH: 30 March 1995
  • CLUB: Nedbank Running Club
  • NATIONALITY: Zimbabwe

PERSONAL BEST TIMES

Distance Time Venue Year

  • 5000m 14:26.32 Wuhan (CHN) 2019 
  • 10km 29:08 Cape Town (RSA) 2022 
  • Half Marathon 1:01:38 Gqeberha (RSA) 2022 
  • Marathon 2:08:26 Berlin (GER) 2026 

Best Performances 2026

  • 2026 Berlin Marathon, 17th, 2:08:26, Zimbabwe's second-fastest marathon runner in history

Best Performances 2025

  • Netone Albun Honde Valley Marathon, 1st, 1:04:03.
  • Tanganda Half Marathon, 1st
  • Beitbridge Half Marathon, 1st, 1:07:45.
  • Botswana Telecommunications (BTC) Marathon, 1st, 2:14:15.
  • FNB Kazungula Bridge Half Marathon, 1st, 1:05:36

Best Performances 2024

  • Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, Cape Town, 2:13:11, 9th
  • NMB Half Marathon, Pollock Beach, Gqeberha, 1:05:51 
  • Kazungula Bridge Half Marathon, Kazungula, 1:03:41, 1st

Best Performances 2023

  • ABSA run your city 10km, 29:13 

Best Performances 2022

  • Kazungula Half Marathon (Bots) 1:04:03 
  • Durban International 10km, 29:10, 3rd
  • Sanlam Cape Town 10km Peace Run, Cape Town RSA, 29:08, 4th
  • Totalsports Two Oceans Half Marathon, Cape Town RSA, 1:03:31, 1st
  • Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon, Gqeberha RSA, 1:01:38, 11th

Best Performances 2019

  • JM Busha Triangular Series, White City Stadium, Bulawayo ZIM 14:39.44, 1st
  • African Games, Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat MAR 14:46.65 
  • CISM Military World Games, Five Rings Sports Center, Wuhan CHN 14:26.32 
  • CISM Military World Games, Five Rings Sports Center, Wuhan CHN 14:37.40, 12th
  • African Games, Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat MAR 1:08:09, 13th